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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “despairingly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
despairingly196189(None) 
despairing1445062despairing__
deploringly1852273de_ploringly
dispraisingly2061983dispraisingly
sparingly1537283__spa_ringly
unsparingly1753533unspa_ringly
daringly1348574d___a_ringly
deairing10311894de__airing__
deceivingly2152244de_ceivingly
degradingly1852524degra_dingly
demandingly1952234de_mandingly
deridingly1644544de__ridingly
desiring10312144des__iring__
desolatingly1752704desolatingly
despising13167504desp_ising__
despiting13179324desp_iting__
despoiling1445114despoiling__
destaining1267944destaining__
disarmingly1853414dis_armingly
dismayingly2152184disma_yingly
disparagingly2161734disparagingly
repairing12310014re_pairing__
respiring12159904resp_iring__
retiringly1444514re__tiringly
searingly1338274__sea_ringly
soaringly1337274__soa_ringly
staringly1337974__sta_ringly
wearingly1636414we__a_ringly

Search took 9 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911247900.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit124790287.70616193.9
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691288.13921954.9
 
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